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Patented Jan. 29, 1867,

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IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING SILK THREADS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JULES JEANNOTAT, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invcnted'a new and improved Silk Cleancn and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple device for freeing silk from knots, clearing it of extra growth and all foreign substances'that may have adhered to it, and it consists in the employment or'use'of two plates secured in a suitable shaped frame or stand in such manner that their proximity to each other, -or near ness of their edges, may be regulated in a simple manner, to accommodate diflerentsizes of silk. This invention also consists in combining with the above a guide or fender, as will be hereinafter described. In the accom panying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention and Figure 2, a plan or topview of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the frame or stand, which, in the presentinst'ance, consists of two arms prcjecting. upward from a, fixed base, which latter is to be made fastto the frame or rail of'the machine with which it is to be used. B B are two steel plates of about the same size. These plates are set in grooves or recesses made in the face of the arms of the stand to receive them, andare held in place by a set-screw, a, in each plate near the middle of their length. The inner edges of these plates, or those toward each other, are made pilrfectly square, so that they will fit accurately if placed together; and the inner top corners are filed rounding, so as to permit the silk to be easily dropped in between them. The bottoms of the plates have their inner corners filed oil, and the stand has also a triangular piece cut out, which, together, make a diamond-shaped'hole, as shown clearly in fig. 1, at b. By inserting the end of any suitable shaped tool, as a screw-driver, in this diamond-shaped hole,-and twisting it in a proper manner, the plat-es can be spread apart evenly or equidistant from each other throughout their entire length and this is an important feature, as it enables the plates to-be set so as to adapt the device to different sizes of silks, and in such manner that the work will he performed accurately and in asuperior manner. I'design' tempering the plates sufliciently hardto prevent their edges wearing by use. By using this device for cleaning silk, a greater amount of Work, in my opinion, can be done thanby any other cleaner now in use, ,and

the silk will be cleaned in a superior manner it makes less waste, and 'is less troublesome to the operator, for

the reason that the plates can be adjusted quickly and without the use of a wrench, audit requires no packing, and is withal a simple device, not likely to get out of order; 0, in the drawings, represents the guide or fender for the silk-cleanen' This guide consists of two pieces, I), of wire, each bent into a similar shape, as shown in the drawings, and fitted at one end into the top of the stand A, extending in opposite directions. These wires should be suflicient-ly long'to extend from one cleaner to another, -when a series of them are used upon a. common 7 frame, sons to connect all together upon one and the same side of such frame, the wires being inclined toward each other, soas to cause the silkto run down the same, and, passing through the opening E, between their lower ends, then pass to and between the cleaner-plates. Among the manyadvantages of the guide C, iueonnecticn with-my improved silk-cleaner, may be here mentioned thatit prevents the silk from running on either side of the cleaners, however careless or inattentive the operator may be; that the guide is simple and-neat, and not clumsy in appearance or use. v i

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. The plates B B, secured to and adjustable in the stand A, in the manner and for the purposes described. 2. The combination of the plates B B, stand A, and set-screws a, siibstantially as herein shown and described. 3. The combination, with the silk-cleaner herein described, of. the guide or fender .C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' JULES JEANNOTAT.

Witnesses J AMES SHERRAN, WILLIAM WOLSHAW. 

